While institutions continue to adapt and make changes due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, recent court orders have affected how your right to a speedy trial will be impacted. From Peter Vieth at Virginia Lawyers Weekly, April 13, 2020. Courts stop speedy trial...
Where Does the Right to a Speedy Trial Come From? The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees, among other things, that: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the...